Fernando Pessoa: Shaped by an anglophone education in Durban

Daily Maverick · Marianne Thamm · 2026-11-08 10:00 UTC

In a world of rising nationalism and narrow identity politics, the writings of the late 19th-century ‘multifaceted giant of European modernism’ Fernando Pessoa and his belief in finding the plurality of self in the plurality of world is a balm for troubled times.

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